Woman accused of shooting Columbia man

Sunday

Nov 19, 2017 at 9:34 AMNov 20, 2017 at 1:39 PM

By the Tribune's staff

A 29-year-old man was in serious condition at a Columbia hospital after he was shot early Sunday in east Columbia.

Police were called a little after 5 a.m. to the 5500 block of Volunteer Drive, where a man had been shot inside a residence, according to a news release. Through an investigation, detectives learned that Sheri Nicole Williams, 37 of Columbia, entered the residence, brandished a firearm and shot the man before fleeing the area, the department said.

Officers located Williams and the vehicle in which she fled in the 5200 block of Clark Lane and arrested her at 7:32 a.m. for felony armed criminal action, felony domestic assault in the first degree and felony unlawful use of a weapon, with bonds to be set by the court, the release stated.

Police labeled the man's injuries life threatening, but did not say where he had been shot. Police did not give a possible motive for the shooting but said that Williams and the victim were in an intimate relationship.